公开(公告)号：US12075313B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US17818859

申请日：2022-08-10

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Scott Lopatin ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Lawrence T. Lu ,  Robert W. Mayor ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Munish K. Poonia ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Sam Schaevitz ,  Yannick L. Sierra ,  Navin Bindiganavile Suparna ,  Langford Wasada

IPC分类号： H04W4/20 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/126 ,  H04W12/50 ,  H04W12/63

CPC分类号： H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/126 ,  H04W12/50 ,  H04W12/63

摘要： Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to crowdsource the location of wireless devices and accessories that lack a connection to a wide area network. One embodiment provides for a data processing system configured to perform operations comprising loading a user interface on an electronic device, the user interface to enable the determination of a location of a wireless accessory that is associated with the electronic device, generating a set of public keys included within a signal broadcast by the wireless accessory, the signal broadcast during a first period, sending the set of public keys to a server with a request to return data that corresponds with a public key in the set of public keys, decrypting the location data using a private key associated with the public key, and processing the location data to determine a probable location for the wireless accessory.

公开(公告)号：US12073705B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US17525779

申请日：2021-11-12

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Benjamin A. Detwiler ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Katherine K. Ernst ,  Richard Akira Heru ,  Johan O. Bergerengen ,  Langford M. Wasada ,  Ernst Thomas Erdmann, IV

IPC分类号： G08B21/24 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W76/19

CPC分类号： G08B21/24 ,  H04W4/023 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/14

摘要： Methods to provide separation notifications are described. In an embodiment, movement is detected beyond a threshold distance from a trusted location, in response to the detecting, receiving an indication that at least one accessory device is nearby the electronic device and storing information on a status of a wireless connection with the at least one accessory device, receiving an indication that the electronic device is in transit, monitoring the wireless connection for the at least one accessory device, and upon detection of a lost wireless connection for the at least one accessory device, send a separation notification.

公开(公告)号：US20240276177A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18439609

申请日：2024-02-12

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Alexander R. Hanuska ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Andrew I. Williams ,  Sarish Jain ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Swadesh Bhattacharya

IPC分类号： H04W4/029 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/40

CPC分类号： H04W4/029 ,  H04L9/0816 ,  H04L63/08

摘要： Methods, non-transitory machine-readable mediums, and system to provide location services are described. In an embodiment, a method provides receiving, at a delegate server, authentication credentials from a sub-delegate of a delegate entity, determining at least one locator service for a wireless accessory device accessible to the sub-delegate with the received authentication credentials, receiving a request for the at least one locator service from the sub-delegate, evaluating a set of inputs to determine if a set of conditions corresponding to the at least one locator service and the sub-delegate are satisfied, upon determination that the set of conditions are satisfied, sending the request for the at least one locator service to a device locator server, and decrypting a response to the request received from the device locator server using encryption keys stored for the delegate entity.

公开(公告)号：US20170359681A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-14

申请号：US15273550

申请日：2016-09-22

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Scott Lopatin ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Navin Bindiganavile Suparna ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Sarish Jain ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Tommy Rochette

IPC分类号： H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/20

CPC分类号： H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/20 ,  H04W4/21 ,  H04W4/80

摘要： Systems, methods, devices and computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for managing location sharing requests. In various implementations, a requesting device or a server computer in communication with the requesting device, receives a location sharing request associated with a user and, in response, sends a notification to a companion device associated with the user. A location of the companion device is received from the companion device together with a list of one or more devices associated with the user that are paired with the companion device and a connection status for at least one of the one or more paired devices. The connection status indicates if there is a direct communication link established between the paired device and the companion device. A notification is sent to each disconnected paired device based on the connection status. Each disconnected device that is worn or carried by the user responds with their location.

公开(公告)号：US20230379994A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-23

申请号：US18323334

申请日：2023-05-24

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Tunc Ertan ,  Ariane Cotte ,  Kerry Nguyen ,  Anita Desai ,  Steven Douglas Laver ,  Brent Ledvina ,  Kenneth U. Victa ,  Ping-Ko Chiu ,  Michal Adam Kaluzny ,  Soujanya A. Kedilaya ,  Benjamin A. Werner

IPC分类号： H04W76/15

CPC分类号： H04W76/15

摘要： Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described. In an embodiment, a pairing status is received from a first accessory device, a request is sent to the first accessory device for information on a number of accessory devices in a device group and a number of accessory devices that are proximate to the first accessory device in the device group, information on a second accessory device in the device group is received, a continue pairing message is sent to the second accessory device if the second accessory device is proximate, and a device group profile is created with information on the number of parts and received information on the second accessory device.

公开(公告)号：US11606669B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-14

申请号：US17813897

申请日：2022-07-20

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Scott Lopatin ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Lawrence T. Lu ,  Robert W. Mayor ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Munish K. Poonia ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Sam Schaevitz ,  Yannick L. Sierra ,  Navin Bindiganavile Suparna ,  Langford Wasada

IPC分类号： H04W4/00 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/50 ,  H04W12/126 ,  H04W12/63

摘要： Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to crowdsource the location of wireless devices and accessories that lack a connection to a wide area network. One embodiment provides for a data processing system configured to perform operations comprising loading a user interface on an electronic device, the user interface to enable the determination of a location of a wireless accessory that is associated with the electronic device, generating a set of public keys included within a signal broadcast by the wireless accessory, the signal broadcast during a first period, sending the set of public keys to a server with a request to return data that corresponds with a public key in the set of public keys, decrypting the location data using a private key associated with the public key, and processing the location data to determine a probable location for the wireless accessory.

公开(公告)号：US20220353666A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-03

申请号：US17715164

申请日：2022-04-07

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Marco Soldano ,  Shawn G. Fink ,  Anita G. Desai ,  Antonio R. De Lima Fernandes ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Ariane Cotte

IPC分类号： H04W8/00 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W72/04

摘要： Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for identifying, by a processor of a wireless device that is coupled with a charging case, an enable command received from the charging case; and transmitting, by the processor based on the enable command, an advertisement signal that includes information related to an identification of the wireless device.

公开(公告)号：US20220141623A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17575888

申请日：2022-01-14

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Andreas E. Schobel ,  Swaminathan Jayaraman ,  Paul W. Salzman ,  Kevin M. Lynch ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Albert R. Howard ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Thomas Chathoth Abraham ,  Frank De Jong ,  Rachel F. Needle ,  David John Williams ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Swadesh Bhattacharya

IPC分类号： H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/021 ,  G08B21/02

摘要： In some implementations, a first computing device can send notifications at times that the first computing device is not in an expected location. A user of a second computing device can remotely configure an expected location for the first computing device, which may be a particular location for a certain period of time. During that time, the first computing device can monitor its own location and check whether it is within the expected location. If the first computing device unexpectedly leaves or fails to enter the expected location, the first computing device may transmit a notification to the second computing device. Similarly, if the first computing device loses connectivity with other devices, a server device may notify the second computing device that the location of the first computing device cannot be determined.

公开(公告)号：US11228864B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-18

申请号：US16845297

申请日：2020-04-10

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Andreas E. Schobel ,  Swaminathan Jayaraman ,  Paul W. Salzman ,  Kevin M. Lynch ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Albert R. Howard ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Thomas Chathoth Abraham ,  Frank De Jong ,  Rachel F. Needle ,  David John Williams ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Swadesh Bhattacharya

IPC分类号： H04W24/00 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/021 ,  G08B21/02 ,  H04W12/02 ,  G06F21/62 ,  H04W12/03

摘要： In some implementations, a first computing device can send notifications at times that the first computing device is not in an expected location. A user of a second computing device can remotely configure an expected location for the first computing device, which may be a particular location for a certain period of time. During that time, the first computing device can monitor its own location and check whether it is within the expected location. If the first computing device unexpectedly leaves or fails to enter the expected location, the first computing device may transmit a notification to the second computing device. Similarly, if the first computing device loses connectivity with other devices, a server device may notify the second computing device that the location of the first computing device cannot be determined.

公开(公告)号：US11051105B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US17010473

申请日：2020-09-02

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Sorin V. Dusan ,  Raghunandan K. Pai ,  Scott Lopatin ,  Tommy Rochette ,  Navin Bindiganavile Suparna ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Robert Watson ,  Scott Grinker

IPC分类号： H04R3/00 ,  H04R5/033 ,  G08B3/10 ,  H04W64/00 ,  G08B1/08 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04R1/10 ,  G08B25/10 ,  H04M1/60 ,  G08B25/08

摘要： Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for location-tracking wireless devices. In an embodiment, a method performed by an electronic device comprises: playing, or initiating the playing of, a sound through a loudspeaker of an accessory device via a communication link. The sound is played at a specified frequency that utilizes a frequency response of the loudspeaker (or loudspeaker plus speaker enclosure). The sound is received through two or more microphones of the electronic device and filtered by one or more filters. The one or more filters are configured to pass the sound at or around the specified frequency and to reduce masking of the sound by ambient noise. The filtered sound is associated with direction data generated from sensor data provided by one or more inertial sensors of the electronic device. In another embodiment, the specified frequency is higher than the maximum human hearing range.